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Eldorado Mountain Rock Climbing

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Areas in Eldorado Mountain

Behemoth 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Buoux Montana 3 / 15 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 18

East Ridge 0 / 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

Industrial Wall, The 1 / 17 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 17

Mickey Mouse Wall 32 / 9 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 38

Ridge 1 2 / 27 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 29

Ridge 2 9 / 9 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 15

Ridge 4 2 / 18 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 19

Secret Crag (aka Ridge 6) 3 / 11 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 14

Suburbia Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Warm Up Rock 1 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

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Elevation:	7,572 ft	2,308 m
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Access Issue: Private Property issues Details

The West Bank / Wild West / Secret Crag has been problematic for years due to access concerns. There have been negative encounters with gun-toting landowners who have alleged that the entire mountain is on private property. Typical approaches involve brief crossing of railroad property which appears to be prohibited.

Exact demarcation of property boundaries are not always clear. When in doubt, be discrete or polite.

Do not park your vehicle near the railroad tracks near Plainview. It is a well-known irritant to Plainview residents.

Description

This area includes everything on Eldorado Mountain, which is South of Eldorado Canyon. The most recognizable rock is the Mickey Mouse Ears on Mickey Mouse Wall. Rossiter's new Eldo book lists many more recently developed crags on this hill.

The ridges are numbers left to right (south to north) here. Some guidebooks have listed the ridges from right to left (north to south), so there is potential for confusion.

There is a lot of poison ivy in the area. If you are sensitive, watch out for it.

Some of the bolting here involves use of atypical or homemade hangers. Some of the bolts have been shot at by irritated landowners. Use caution.

Getting There

There are many approaches. To reach Mickey Mouse Wall, take the road to Eldo, but go right before you get into the town, turn left on a paved road up to a small parking lot. The access road continues from here, but you must hike along this road to an indistinctive trail that crosses a meadow, and follows the stream up to the RR tracks. Hike the talus field to the towers. A better description is in order here, but this is a place that is best found with someone who has already been there.

Crossing onto railroad property is trespassing. They will confront you if you do so.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Eldorado Mountain

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.

5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 261 ● Perversion Trad 3 pitches Mickey Mouse Wall
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b 139 ● Captain Beyond Trad 5 pitches Mickey Mouse Wall
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 32 ● Lifestream Trad, Sport 2 pitches Mickey Mouse Wall
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 29 ● Beagle's Ear Trad 2 pitches Mickey Mouse Wall
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 27 ● The Fornicator Sport Ridge 1
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 17 ● Killer Elite Sport Ridge 4
5.12a/b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6a 13 ● Tribal Boundaries Sport Buoux Montana > Congo > Tribal Boundaries, Th…
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 31 ● The Adultress Sport Ridge 1
5.12b/c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b 20 ● Astral Traveller Trad 4 pitches Mickey Mouse Wall
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c 14 ● Wild Blue Yonder Sport Ridge 1
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c 19 ● Occupied Territory Sport Ridge 4
5.13- 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E7 6c R 10 ● Red Dihedral Trad 3 pitches Mickey Mouse Wall
5.13a/b 8a 29 IX+ 29 E7 6c 5 ● Stigmata Trad, Sport Mickey Mouse Wall
5.13c 8a+ 30 X- 31 E7 7a 17 ● T. G. V. Sport Industrial Wall
5.14a 8b+ 32 X+ 32 E8 7a 5 ● Rogue Sport Industrial Wall